Locomotive-crane.



V. R. & E. H. BROWNING. LoGoMoTIVl-J CRANE.

APPLICATION FILBD.APR.27.1907.

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We? MM V. R. z E. H. BROWNING. LOGOMOTIVE CRANE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.27,1907'.

PATENTED MAY 26, 1908.

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LOCOMOTIVE CRANE. APPLICATION FILED APR.27,1907.

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VIQ'IO'R R. BROWNING AND EARL H.

BROWNING, Ol" CLEVELAND, OllIU.

, LOCMO'VE-GRANE rre. seefive.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 26, 1908.

@riginal application tiled January 27, 1905, Serial No. lftt... Divided and this application filed April 27, 19Q7.

. Serial No. 370,580.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, Vieron It. BROWN- i ins and EARL H. EnoWNING, residing at Cievela-nd, in the county of Cuyahogaand State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Locomotive- Cra-nes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

Uur invention relates to locomotivecranes such as shown in our application No. 242,849, filed January 27 1965, whereof this application is a divisionl and h'as for its object to provide improved means-for operating the various mechanisms of the crane; more specifically, it has for its object the provision of ineens wherebythe levers, clutches, and other mechanism for operating the hoisting and traveli mechanism` may be conveniently and quickly assembled and introduced in such assembled condition into the crane and may, When desired, be quickly disassembled.

Generally speaking, the invention may be defined as consisting of the combinations of elements embodied in the'claims hereto-annexed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents a centralvertical sectional view of the gears, drums, shafting, clutches and some of the operating levers for a crane constructed` in accordane with our invention; Fig. 2 represents an elevation of the levers, brackets and housings, some of the shaftings, and the engines and voperating mechanism lbeing shown in dotted lines; Fig. 3 represents a sectional View taken through. the housings just forward of' the engine shaft, the lever brackets being shown in elevation and the operating levcrsbeing removed for clearness of illustration; Fig. 4 represents a side elvation of the frame which carries the clutch-operating shafts, a portion of the adjacent braclwt and the brake lever and a portion of thebralte l being shown in dotted lines; Fig. 5 represents l a side elevation of one of the lever brackets;

and Fig. 6 represents a plan view of the frame illustrated in Fig` 3.

Describing .the parts morals, 1 represents the floor frame of the crane, said frame being provided with the do-'l pending integral hubs or sleeves 2 and 3, the former being provided for the reception of the journal 4t of the shaft 5,- .the'lowerend of which carries the pinion 6 by Which the floor frame l by `reference nuings 36.

. support-ed in bearings formed in housings and the parts supported thereby may be rotated. The upper end of shaft 5 is provided with the bevel gear 7 meshing with the bevel pinion 8 0n a horizontal shaft 9 which is driven from the main or engine'shaft l() through the bevel gears 11 and 12. The hub or sleeve 3 supports a journal 13 for a vertical shaft 14 by which the crane is driven along the track. The upper end of this shaftis provided with a bevel gear 15 meshing with a bevel gear 16 on the counter-shaft 17. T he shaftl 17 is driven from the shaft 1t) by means of the gears 18 and 19 on said shafts respectively and the clutch 20.

21 denotes a counter-shaft which is driven from the shaft 17 by means of gears 22 and 18 on said shafts respectively. Shaft 21 is provided with a bevel. gear 23 and clutch 24,'

y means of-which and the bevel gear 25 thc motion of the shaft 21 may be transmitted to the vertical shaft 26. Shaft 26 is provided witha worm 27 engaging a worin gear 25 on shaft 2i.) which carries the drum 30 for hoisting and lowering the crane boom.

rl designates the hoisting drum.` mounted on a shaft 32 which is operated from the shaft 17 through the reduction gears 33 and 3l and clutch 35. l

rlhe details of the means for driving and rotating the crane need no further description here, the same being shown, described and claimed in our application 242,849, hereinbefore referred to.

Bolted to the floor proper of t-he frame 1, adj scent each edge f the sume, are the hous- 'lhese housings support the engine shaft and most of the horizontal `countershafts by which the various mechanism of the crane are operated. Extending between these housings, near the upper front portions thcreof, is 'the hollow frame or separavtor 37. T his frame or. sepia-rotor is secured in place by bolts 37a. The-engine slmft 1l), counter-shaft 17, and shafts '29 and 32 are ee, as fully set forth i n our rapplication No. 242,849.

l 38 denotes triangular brackets, `which are secured to the frame or separator 37 in line 'with thebracliets 39, integral with and pending from the frame or separator 37. The horizontal counter-shaft 21 is iournuled in the rear sides of the lmvcr ends of brackets BS), being held in )hu-c by removable cups Bil (see Fig. l). '.llro worm wheel 2S and the portion ofthe drum correspondin to and vadjacent to the said wheel are inc osed by means of an integral extension 40 of the frame or separator and a removable casing 41 which completes the inclosure of'said gear the separator or frame,`A with its upper end projecting through a sleeve 44 thereon and h provided with a posite end of the a sleeve 46 journaled on the shaft 47Uwhich is supported by and between bearings in the lower end of bearing in the adjacent housing 36. This sleeve 1s also provided with the hand lever 48 and the foot lever- 49, whereby the'brake may be applied by hand or foot power, 'or both. f

ln order to operatevthe drum brake and the clutches, we employ a system of levers 4s, 49, 50, 51, 52 and 53, For Shifting the steam valve links, we employ the'levers 54 and 55, said levers b'eing employed for starting and reversing the engine by hand. All of these levers but the two first mentioned, 48 and 49, are provided with. slee-'ves -b which they are p ivoted to the shaft 56 extending through and supported by the bearings 57, near the lower ends of the brackets 38. These brackets,as will appear more particularly in Figs. 1 and 5, are substanjusting nuts 45. The optially triangular, having a vertical leg 58, an

upper horizontal leg 59, and an inclined le 60. At each end of the upper-horizonte leg 59 is provided an opening 61, 62, respece tively. These openings are for the reception of rods 63 and 64 respectively between which extend and upon which are secured the quadrants 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, and 70 for the levers 48 and 50-54 inclusive. Depending from the rod 64 and sleeved thereon is a bracket 71 for the shaft 72 which operates the inch collar 73 for the worm shaft 26. The s eeve of the 'lever 50 is provided with suitable projecting lugs 74 for the attachment of'a ink 75' bymeans of which the b ell crank 76 and the clutch of the. rotating shaft are o erated. Similar lugs are provided for the fever 51 which operates the boom-hoist clutch, for the -lever 52 which operates the main hoist clutch, and for the lever 53 which operates the traveling shaft clutch. The lugs with which levers 50 and 52 are connected project rearwardly from their respective sleeves or hubs while the lugs with w ich levers 5l and 53 are connectedfproject forwardly from their respective sleeves or hubs. The purpose of this construction is that the parts connected to the lugs may not be too close to etherbut have proper clearance both for t e proper working of the device and for ease of assembling and access to parts to make necessary brake band is connected to one of the brackets 38 and a between the si 'integral depending skirt 92. y 'of the frame is the cross member 93, which is The lugs on .the sleeves or hubs of levers 51, 52 and 53 are respectively connected by the links 77,v 78 and 79with the bell crank levers 80, 8l, and 82 which operate their respective clutches. The lower end of lever 48 is connected to sleeve "46 on lthe short shaft 47 which is su portedby a bearing in the housing 36 an the lower end of the adjacent bracket 38.' Each of brackets 38 (see Fig. 5) is provided with bolt oles 83, extending through the vertical leg thereof, bymeans of which said brackets (with all of the levers but 48 assembled therewith) may be bolted or otherwise suitably secured to the frame or separator 37. After the parts have been so assembled, the

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l lever 48 may be passed through its quadrant and bolted to its sleeve on shaft 47.

-lmmediately below the brackets is the skeleton frame 86: This frame carries the various clutch-operating members which are connected to the links 75, 77, 78, and.7 9. It is preferably rectangular in outline, and is provided with o enings 87, 88, and 89 formed es and ends and the integral cross members 90 and 91. The rear and sides of said frame are each provided with an bolted to the front end of the Asides of the frame and' is provided with a de ending bracket 84. Similar brackets 94 and 95 are carried by the members 90 and 91 respectively.v The shaft 96 of the bell crank lever 80 by means of which the boom hoisting' .clutch collar 97 is operated is pivoted in the upper part ofthe bracket S4 and in the 98 of the member 91. `The sha 99 of the bell crank lever 82 which operates the clutch collar 100 for the traveling shaft of the crane is journaled in the lower ends of the brackets 84' and 95,:the latter bracket depending from the iiange 98. The shaft 101vof the lever 76 which operates the clutch collar 102 for the 1l ange rotating shaft of the crane isA journaled in brackets 103, 104, bearings being formed in said brackets 'forthe purpose (see Figs. 1, 2 and 5). Adjacent -to the side of said frame and journaled in bearings in the brackets, 94 and 106 is the shaft 107 for the clutch collar 108 forthe main hoisting shaft.

The frame 86 is secured in place by bolts 109 extending throu h-holes 110 (see Figs. 2 and 6) in horizontal anges near the forward end of the sides of the frame and into the brackets 39 projecting downwardly from the separator as well as by bolts 111 extending through the vertical end fl ange or skirt of the angle iron 112 at the adjacent portion of the' platform 113-.

' We claim:

1. In a crane or similar device, the combination of brackets, levers ported between said brackets, a frame extending transversely across saidcrane, land the The front end operatively supseems i Ameans for securing said brackets and levers,

in an assembled condition, to said frame,

substantially as specified.

2. ln a crane or siinilar device, the combination of side housings, a frame extending transversely between said housings', levers for operating the various mechanisms of the crane, brackets between which said levers are mounted, and nieans for securing said brackets and levers, in an assembled condition, to said frame, substantially as specified'.

3. ln a crane 4orsiniilar device, the conibination of side housings, shafting within said housings, a pair of brackets having a shaft supported therebetween, operating levers pivotally mounted on said shaft, and means for securingsaid brackets and levers, in an assembled conditiom within said -housf ings, Asubstantially asfspeciiied. Y

4. in a crane or similar device, the combination of a supporting frame, a air of brackets havinga shaft supported tierebetween, operating levers pivotal-ly mounted on said'shal't, and means for securing said brackets and levers to said supporting frame, substantiall)Y as specified.

5. ln a crane or similar device, the coni- `bination of a main shaft and countershafts,

clutches for operating said countershafts from the main shaft, a frame having openings therein, clutch-operating levers pivotally supported insaid frame and having each an operating arm, said frame with its clutchoperating levers being removably fitted within the crane, a lever for operating each of said clutch-operating levers, tending into said opening and connecting the last mentioned levers within `the arms of the clutch-operating levers, substantiallyas specified.

ln acrane or similar device, the combination of a main shaft anda countersliaft, a clutch for operating said countershaft from the main shaft, a frame having an opening therein, a clutch-operating lever pivotally supported in said frame and having an operating arm, said'frame with its clutch-operating lever being removably tted within the crane, a lever for operating said clutch-operating lever, and a link extending into said opening and connecting the last-mentioned lever with the arm of the clutch-operating lever, substantial-ly specified.

7. ln a crane or similar device, the conibinat-ionof a main shaft and countershafts, clutches for operating said countershafts from said main shaft, a frame having a plurality of openings-thercin, clutch-operating levers having shafts extending across said openings, un operating arm for each of said levers, levers pivoted above said frame, and links extending from' the last mentioned levers tlironglithe openings in the frame and connected with the arms of the clutch-operating levers, substantially as specified.

and links ex-l 8. In a crane or similar device, combi nation of a main shaft' and eountershafts, clutches for operating said countershafts from said main shaft, a frame havin@ a pair of openings therein, a clutch-operating lever for each of said openings and having a shaft extending across each of said openings, an operating arm for each of said 'levers located in an opening, levers pivoted above said frame, and links extending frein the lastmentioned levers through the openings in the frame and connected with the arms of the clutch-operating levers` substantially as specified.

9. In a crane or similar device, the combination of housings, a frame extending across said crane between said housings, brackets.

secured to said frame, levers supported be.

tween said brackets, a skeleton frame removably secured to the former frame, clutchoperating levers pivoted in the latter frame, and links connecting the first mentioned levers andthe clutch-operating levers, sub stantially as specified.

10. In a crane or similar device the coinbbl nation of a main shaft and. countershafts, side housings-for the crane, a'frame extendn ing'between said housings operating levers supported from saidframe, a frame detachab y connected to the former frame, clutch operating levers pivoted in the latter frame,

and links connecting the former levers withy the latter levers, substantially as specified.

41 1. In a crane or similar device the combination of a main shaft and countershafts, a

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platform and side housings for the crane,

a frame extending between said housings, operating levers supported from said frame, a yskeleton frame detachably connected to said platform and to the former fiame, clutch Operating levers pivoted in the latter frame, and links connecting the foi'inerlevers with the latter levers, substantially as specified.

12. In a crane or similar device, the combination of a. niain shaft and countershafts, clutches for operating said countersluifts from said main shaft, a frame extending transversely of said crane and having depending brackets, arsecond frame, clutchoperating levers pivotcd in the latter frame. means for securing the lastrneiitioned frame to thebrackets, levers supported from the former frame for operating the clutch-operating levers, and links connecting the former levers with the latter levers, substantially as specified.

13. ln a crane or similar device, the coinbination of a main shaft and countershafts, clutches for operating said countershafts from said main shaft, sidediousings, a frame or separator .extending between said .side housings and having'depending brackets, a skeleton frame, clutch-operating levers pivoted in the latter frame, means for removably securing the last-mentioned frame to the brackets, levers supported from the former.

frame for-operating the clutch-operating levers,' and links connecting the former levvers with the latter levers, substantially as side housings, a frame Within said housings,v

clutches for operating the countersliafts from the main shaft, ,a frame having therein clutch-operating levers and detachably connected to the former frame, levers supported from the former frame, and links connecting the latter levers with the former levers and i removably supported from the former frame, 25

substantially as specified. Y

16. In a crane or-similar'device, the conibination of a main shaft and countershafts, clutches for operating the countershafts from the main shaft, a frame comprising sides and ends and one or more cross members, a clutch-operating lever having its shaft ournaled between a cross member and one ofl the end members, a second clutchsoperating lever having its shaft journaled on the opposite side of the cross member from the firstmentioned lever, means for detachably securing said frame in lace in the crane, le vers for operating the st-mentioned levers, and links connecting th'e first-mentioned and lastnientioned levers, substantially as specified.

17. ln a crane or similar device, the com-v bination of a main shaft and countershafts, clutches for operating the countershafts from the ni'ain shaft, a frame detachably secured to said crane and having'sidesand ends, one of said ends being removable and having a depending bracket, a second bracket carried by said frame, aclutch-operating lever having a shaft pivoted in said brackets, a lever for operating the latterlever, and a link connecting said levers, substantially as s ecified.

18. In a crane or similar devicet e com'- bination of a main shaft and countershafts, clutches for o erating the eountershafts from the main shaft, a frame removably fitted in said crane, said frame having sides and ends,

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one of said ends being removable and having bearings formed therein, a cross member uniting the sides of said frame and having bearings therein, clutch operating levers having their shafts pivoted in said bearings, levers for operating the former levers, and links connecting the former and latter levers, substantially specified.

19. .In a crane or similar device, the com bination of a main shaft and eountershaits, clutches for operating the countershafts from the main shaft, la frame removably fitted in said crane, said frame having sides and ends, .one of said ends having bearings forme therein, a cross member uniting the sides said frame and having bearingsy therein, clutcl'i-operating levers having their shafts pivoted in said bearings and on opposite sides ofsaid cross member, levers for operat ing the former levers, and links connecting the former and latter levers, substantially specified;

20. In a crane or similar device, the co1nbination .of a main shaft and counterslfiafts, clutches for operating the countershafts from the main shaft, means for operating said clutches, said means comprising. a pair of triangular brackets, a frame on which said brackets are detachably mounted, rods connecting the upper corners of said brackets, a rod ,or shaft connecting the lower portions of said brackets, quadrants extending between said rods, and operating levers co-acting with said quadrants and having their lower ends oivoted on the rod or shaft carried by the lower portions ef the brackets.

2l. ln a crane or similar device, the cornbination of main shaft and ceuntershafts and clutches for operating the latter shafts from the former shaft, of a skeletonfraine having sides and ends'and a cross member, clutchoperating levers having their shafts pivoted in said frame on opposite sides of said cross member, a shaft or rod supported above said frame and above said cross-member, levers sleeved onto said rod or shaft, some of said levers having lugs projecting ivardl'y therefrom and others having lugs projecting forwardly therefrom,

and links extent downwardly from said lugs and conne( g the saine with said clutch-operating levers, substantially as specified.

22. In a crane or similar device the coinbination of a main shaft and countershafts,

said clutches, anda pair of brackets having means .for 'sup orting said levers, said brackets and tie levers and supporting means being adapted tobe assembled outside the crane and to be secured in place therein in `assembled, condition, substantially as specied. ,l

-23. In a crane or similar device, the coinbination of a main shaft and countershafts, clutches for operating said countersliafts, levers for operating said clutches, quadrants for said levers, a pair of brackets having means for supporting said levers, said brac-k ets, quadrants ahd levers being adapted to be assembled outside of the crane and to 'be secured in place therein in an assembled conditiontsubstantially as specified.

24. .ln a crane or similar device, the eoms .ll clutches for operating said countershafts from said man1 shaft, 'levers for opera-tuig assembled condition, into the crane, submeans 'operai ing lever i'oI thereon, a clutch-operating device piveted between said supports, said frame and said device being` adapted to be assembled and to be inserted after assembling into the crane, substantially as specified.

25. In a crane or similar device, the combination of a main shaft and counteishafts, clutches for operating said countershafts from said main shaft, a frame having su ports or brackets carried thereby, clutc operating) devices pivoted between said supports or rackets, said frame and the clutc o erating devices being adapted to be assemb ed and to be inserted, after assembling, into the crane, substantially as specified. 26. In a crane or similar device, the combination of' a main shaft, a countershaft, a clutch for 0 erating said countershaft from said main s aft, a skeleton frame having a bracket depending from an edge thereof and a 'bracket depending from an intermediate portion thereof, a clutch-operating device pivoted between the said brackets, and for .detachably securin said frame in place in said crane,'substantia ly as s ieeiiied. 27. In a crane or similar device, tlie ceinbination of a main and a ceuntcrshai't, a clutch for o erating said ceuntershai't frein said main s raft, a skeleton frame having a bracket depending from an edge thereof', a bracket depending from an intermediate portion thereof, and a clutch-operating device pivoted between the brackets, said frame and said clutch-o erating device being adapted to be assenib cd and tobe inserted, in such stantially as speciiied.

28. In a crane or similar device, the coinbination oi" a main shalt and a-'countershaft, a clutch for operating said countershait from y said. 'main shal't, a i'ranie having an opening therein and brackets depending from opposite sides ol said opening, a clutch-operating device pivoted between said brackets, an

said device, and a link extending irei'n snid lever into said opening and cennected to said device, said frame and cletch-operaiing device being adapted to be assembled and inserted, in such assembled condition, into said crane, substantially as speeilied.

20, lo a crane or similar device, the cemsaid devices, and

bination of a main clutches for operating said countershaits from said main shaft, a skeletonfraine having therein a plurality of openings and depending members on opposite sides of said openings, clutch-operating devices pivoted between said members, levers for operatin links extending into'sai openings and lconnected with the levers of said devices, substantially as specified.

30. In a crane or similar device, the combination of a main shaft and. countershafts, clutches for operating said countershafts from said main shaft, a skeleton frame having therein a plurality of openings and depending members on opposite sides of said openings, clutch-operating devices pivoted between said members, levers for operating said devices, and links extending into said openings and connecting said levers and said devices, the frame and the clutch-operating devices being adapted to be assembled and inserted, in such assembled condition, into the crane, substantially as speciiied.

3i. In a crane or similar device, the coinbination of a main shaft and countershal'ts, clutches for said countcrshafts, brackets, operating levers carried by said brackets, a frame adjacent said brackets and having openings therein, clutch-operating devices extending across said openings, and links connecting said levers and said clutch-operating devices, substantially as speciiied.

32. In a crane or similar device, the combination of a main shaft and countershaits, clutches for the countershaits, brackets, operating levers and quadrants carried by said brackets, a frame a( jacent said brackets having openings therein, clutch-operating de vices extending across said openings, and links connecting said. levers and devices, the parts being so arranged that the brackets with their levers and quadrants and the traine with its clutch-operating devices may be assembled and inserted, in such assembled condition, into the crane, substantially as speciiied.

In testimony whereof, we hereunto allix our signatures in the presence lof two witnesses.

VICTOR lt. BROWNlNG. EARL ll. BKOWNING. Witnesses:

il. W. Inneren, G. C, llANsnN.

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